diff --git a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
index 579b5e989bd3a..77ba85fe12ae8 100644
--- a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
+++ b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ static void php_odbc_fetch_hash(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int result_type)
 				if (rc == SQL_ERROR) {
 					odbc_sql_error(result->conn_ptr, result->stmt, "SQLGetData");
 					efree(buf);
+					zval_ptr_dtor(return_value);
 					RETURN_FALSE;
 				}